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ARTIST
CHARALAMBIDES
TITLE
Three Lane Blacktop
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
TWO LANE BLACKTOP RECORDS
CATALOG #
TLB CHA
TLB CHA
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
5/11/2010
Tom Carter
's description: "
new release of eldritch origin featuring historic recordings of two nearly-complete sets from the market square-era
Charalambides
line-up, featuring the core duo of Tom and
Christina Carter
and
Jason Bill
. One side is from the Cooler, NYC, at the 1995 CMJ fest (swirling vox sound courtesy
Kurt Wolf
), where
Strapping Fieldhands
got their Fender Twin stolen, and
Bill Orcutt
& I witnessed the unrepentant use of string-eze by the guitarist from
Cobra Verde
. The other side is from the 1994 Siltbreeze Festival at the Khyber Pass in Philly. Both sets consist of freak-rock tracks from
Market Square
and
Strangle The Wretched Heavens,
heavy on analog atmosphere & ecstatic/blown-out gtr/vox interconnectivity
." To which we can only add: Just prior to entering their period of heavenly flotation, Charalambides were at their most damaged and psychedelic, making what felt like brave trio explorations into the same Tex/psychic nimbus that had earlier spat out
Jandek
. Their guitars were unhooking themselves from riff-wagons, their vocals were de-coupling from formal policies, and anything seemed possible. Like the sprawling masterpiece,
Market Square
(Siltbreeze, 1995), this was the sound of a band that had clearly arrived, although they were also on the verge of departing for even weirder pastures. But who knew? Edition of 500 copies with stickered cover and insert.
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